2009 Guangzhou International Women's Open

Shahar Pe'er defeated Alberta Brianti 6–3, 6–4

• It was Pe'er first title in over 3 years, and her 4th title overall.
• It was Brianti's first final appearance at the WTA Tour.

Olga Govortsova / Tatiana Poutchek defeated Kimiko Date-Krumm / Sun Tiantian 3–6, 6–2, [10–8]

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ESP	Anabel Medina Garrigues	21	1
CHN	Zheng Jie	22	2
CHN	Peng Shuai	44	3
SLO	Katarina Srebotnik	56	4
ISR	Shahar Pe'er	64	5
BLR	Olga Govortsova	65	6
JPN	Ayumi Morita	69	7
ITA	Alberta Brianti	85	8
ITA	Maria Elena Camerin	86	9

• ¹ Seeds are based on the rankings of August 31, 2009
• Jie Zheng was forced to withdraw due to a left wrist injury, so Maria Elena Camerin became the no. 9 seed.

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw

• Lu Jingjing
• Yan Zi
• Han Xinyun

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:

• Chen Yanchong
• Zhang Ling
• Chang Kai-Chen
• Tatiana Poutchek

The following players received lucky loser spot in the Main Draw:

• Abigail Spears

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